The Most-Read Posts of “…On Anything Really” from 2013: “Here’s SpecFicNZ–Christchurch”: Featuring AJ Fitzwater
This year, I ran two mini-series featuring fellow authors from Speculative Fiction New Zealand. Titled “Here’s SpecficNZ”, the one earlier in the year featured fellow members from Christchurch, while the one later in the year focused on Wellington-based members.
The interview with Christchurch writer, Amanda Fitzwater, made it into the ten most-read posts.
“Here’s Who:
How to pin down /who is Amanda (A.J.) Fitzwater is like trying to eat water with a knife and fork.
There’s the facts, ma’am: I grew up a very staid small town life in Blenheim, where to get out you needed a job, not a dream of being a writer. Being the Big W didn’t pay the bills. So I followed that need to Christchurch in my early twenties. After securing my Piece of Paper (Bachelor Broadcasting Communications – Radio) and getting a job in the advertising industry, I set about being a good little capitalist. Choose life, choose a career, choose a job, choose a family, choose a … big television & etc…
But in amongst all that, I read. I devoured books. Science Fiction or Fantasy? Bring it on! And I started to think “I like that, I could do that, I want that. I can write things for a living, but where’s my dream?“
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